UPDATE: Maine’s 2nd District lawmaker says he will endorse one article of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
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Giuliani: Trump ‘relied on’ his claims about U.S. diplomat
Giuliani says he told the president the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was impeding investigations that could benefit Trump politically.
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Budget deal puts access to health care above curbing costs
The bipartisan deal just announced in Congress protects access to health care under the Affordable Care Act, but it also ditches one of that law’s main cost controls.
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Democratic leaders push to end labor dispute and save 6th primary debate
Candidates say they won’t participate Thursday if a dispute isn’t resolved between a food services company and about 150 of its employees who work at the campus hosting the event.
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House vote, and on to the Senate: What’s next in impeachment
Votes on the two articles of impeachment could come as soon as Wednesday.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate passed a bill expressing the sense of the Senate that it is the policy of the United States to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance.
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Comey: ‘Real sloppiness’ in Russia probe but no misconduct
The former FBI director says he was wrong to have been ‘overconfident in the procedures that the FBI and Justice had built over 20 years.’
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Sen. King touts proposal to prevent energy grid from cyberattacks
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act would enshrine the measure into law.
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Rep. Golden hasn’t decided how he’ll vote on impeachment; Pingree’s a ‘yes’
The Democrat from Maine’s Republican-leaning 2nd District is under pressure from both parties. Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree says it’s clear the president ignored national security to advance his own interests.
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Two Somali politicians find inspiration in each other’s success
Controversial U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, talked Friday with incoming Lewiston City Council member Safiya Khalid after a political rally in New Hampshire.